Loot Price Reductions - 9

Aguzo · 10-01-2016

I doubt it would make a difference. Most of the lag, I believe is due to having information sent to many players in real-time.

That's the head files, the body files, hats, levels, text. Other types of info are not as heavy as the previous, like stats, name, guild name (They aren't sent as constantly as hats, levels, etc)

The amount of loot is more of an individual stat. You can only see it, and you have to ask the server to tell you what that amount is. It isn't on your profile... your loot items are in a folder within your inventory.

Doubt it would make a difference, if anything it would be a very small difference, so it seems that loot was capped at 200 as an inconvenience. Force players to sell, and not feel comfy, whilst saving up. People would set milestones, like 1k or 10k loot.

wanderer · 10-01-2016

Posted by 4-Lom

It's more than a number or string of variables (which is how I would set it up - a number from 0 - 999 for each loot object always present in your save file). It's also the ability to access that file and have the server 'read' it, the ability to functionally add to these numbers and detract from them, the display for these numbers, and a system running all those at once, probably hundreds of times a minute each. In the case of a loot cap, my guess is there are more reasons than storage or ram to worry about, but at the same time we are seeing streamlining across the board to a more efficient system. Hats off to dusty here - figuring that **** out is boring af.

no. there is absolutely no difference between having 0 of each item and 100 of each item.

James205 · 10-01-2016

Posted by 4-Lom

It's more than a number or string of variables (which is how I would set it up - a number from 0 - 999 for each loot object always present in your save file). It's also the ability to access that file and have the server 'read' it, the ability to functionally add to these numbers and detract from them, the display for these numbers, and a system running all those at once, probably hundreds of times a minute each. In the case of a loot cap, my guess is there are more reasons than storage or ram to worry about, but at the same time we are seeing streamlining across the board to a more efficient system. Hats off to dusty here - figuring that **** out is boring af.

Bryan* · 10-01-2016

Wait so there's a limit to looting AND the prices were changed? Looting is not even worth doing anymore. If Dusty can come out of his cave and explain this limitation, that'd be helpful.

iChronic · 10-01-2016

he gonna come up with some lame ass excuse again

imo, its a cheap ploy to make looting unattractive to players. end of story.

Eugeen · 10-01-2016

They just did it to make you spend more time and make less money per timeframe, it's pretty obvious.
Kind of expected though so don't really see why it's such a big deal, 200 loot items is enough in my eyes

4-Lom · 10-01-2016

Posted by wanderer

no. there is absolutely no difference between having 0 of each item and 100 of each item.

Posted by James205

facepalm

I love how I can postulate and get so much ignorance. I said it might be an answer... do either of you kids have any other reasoning or are you just getting your post count up?

wanderer · 10-01-2016

Posted by 4-Lom

I love how I can postulate and get so much ignorance. I said it might be an answer... do either of you kids have any other reasoning or are you just getting your post count up?

isn't that what forums are for - discussions?
does replying to you immediately count as ignorance?
or perhaps anybody who disagrees with your assumptions based on how things work is a kid?

4-Lom · 10-01-2016

Posted by wanderer

isn't that what forums are for - discussions?

Ironically that's what I was going for - I posed an idea in the original statement and got flak for having it. And we're all kids - get over it.

Noxious · 10-01-2016

Posted by 4-Lom

I love how I can postulate and get so much ignorance. I said it might be an answer... do either of you kids have any other reasoning or are you just getting your post count up?

Sorry, but I really doubt it has to do with lag. As others have mentioned, it's just a number. There is no possible way a static number in memory could affect lag. What causes lag is when information is sent to and from the server, and in regards to loot, I would speculate only occurs when someone collects a piece of loot or requests to see how much loot they have through showloot. These actions' performances are not dependent on the amount of loot an individual has.

I'm fairly certain the loot limitation was put in place to force players to sell their loot. Dusty said he's trying to gauge how this change will affect the economy and whether or not he needs to make further tweaks. I assume it would be pretty difficult to determine the effect this change has if people refuse to sell their loot and just hoard it all instead.

James205 · 10-02-2016

Posted by 4-Lom

I love how I can postulate and get so much ignorance. I said it might be an answer... do either of you kids have any other reasoning or are you just getting your post count up?

Have you not read this thread? I went into pretty good detail why and suggestions. Limiting loot has nothing to do with memory it has everything to do with slowing down people from getting loot and it's incredibly obvious.

Bryan* · 10-02-2016

You get an estimate of 1K-1.3K gralats from selling 200 loot, basically what you get for Pyrat Bay minus the waiting period.

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Aguzo Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 3,027	I doubt it would make a difference. Most of the lag, I believe is due to having information sent to many players in real-time. That's the head files, the body files, hats, levels, text. Other types of info are not as heavy as the previous, like stats, name, guild name (They aren't sent as constantly as hats, levels, etc) The amount of loot is more of an individual stat. You can only see it, and you have to ask the server to tell you what that amount is. It isn't on your profile... your loot items are in a folder within your inventory. Doubt it would make a difference, if anything it would be a very small difference, so it seems that loot was capped at 200 as an inconvenience. Force players to sell, and not feel comfy, whilst saving up. People would set milestones, like 1k or 10k loot.

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Bryan* Verified ✔️ Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: M.I.A Posts: 3,408	Wait so there's a limit to looting AND the prices were changed? Looting is not even worth doing anymore. If Dusty can come out of his cave and explain this limitation, that'd be helpful.

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iChronic Registered noob Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rondoletti Wafer Sticks Posts: 780	he gonna come up with some lame ass excuse again imo, its a cheap ploy to make looting unattractive to players. end of story.

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Eugeen Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,173	They just did it to make you spend more time and make less money per timeframe, it's pretty obvious. Kind of expected though so don't really see why it's such a big deal, 200 loot items is enough in my eyes

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Bryan* Verified ✔️ Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: M.I.A Posts: 3,408	You get an estimate of 1K-1.3K gralats from selling 200 loot, basically what you get for Pyrat Bay minus the waiting period.